Monthly Archives: April 2010

Documentation Of Bias In The 2007 IPCC WG1 Report – Part II

As I reported yesterday, there has been considerable discussion of the 2007 IPCC report and its errors and exclusion of peer reviewed scientific perspectives that differ from those of the lead author (e.g. see Judy Curry’s perceptive discussion of this … Continue reading

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Documentation Of Bias In The 2007 IPCC WG1 Report – Part I

There has been considerable discussion of the 2007 IPCC reports and its errors and exclusion of peer reviewed scientific perspectives that differ from those of the IPCC lead authors (e.g. see Judy Curry’s perceptive discussion of this topic). In 2007, I … Continue reading

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Comments On Numerical Modeling As The New Climate Science Paradigm

UPDATE MAY 3 2010: I e-mailed each author of the Navarra et al 2010 paper and invited them to respond to my post; as of today’s date they have not replied to even acknowledge receipt of my e-mail. Dick Lindzen has presented a … Continue reading

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April 26 2010 Reply By Kevin Trenberth

UPDATE: May 6 2010 – Roy has a response on his website  -  see Earths Missing Energy: Trenberth’s Plot Proves My Point Below is Kevin’s response to Roy’s Guest Post Hi Roger I do not understand the figures Roy has … Continue reading

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Roy Spencer’s Response To Kevin Trenberth, April 26, 2009

Roy Spencer’s response to Kevin Trenberth, April 26, 2009 [see also a version of this post on Roy's weblog] Kevin Trenberth begins his blog post with, “I saw Roy Spencer’s comment for the first time and it is not correct”, but … Continue reading

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Further Comment By Kevin Trenberth

On Sunday April 25 2010, Kevin sent me the e-mail below which continues the constructive discussion we are having on Climate Science.  It is reproduced below with his permission. Roger I am just back from travel: actually I was at a … Continue reading

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New Paper “Twentieth Century Bipolar Seesaw Of The Arctic And Antarctic Surface Air Temperatures By Chylek et al. 2010

There is a new paper on the climate of the higher latitudes. It is Chylek, P., C. K. Folland, G. Lesins, and M. K. Dubey (2010), Twentieth century bipolar seesaw of the Arctic and Antarctic surface air temperatures,  Geophys. Res. … Continue reading

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Article On The “Missing Heat” In The April 16 Issue of Physicsworld.com

Update April 23 2010: I sent to both Kevin Trenberth and Josh Willis an e-mail that this post was presented today on my weblog. Below is the response from Josh (with his permission), along with my response. Josh Willis’s e-mail … Continue reading

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New Research Paper “Simulated impacts of land cover change on summer climate in Tibetan Plateau” By Li and Xue 2010

There is another new paper that provides additional confirmation of our conclusions in Pielke Sr., R., K. Beven, G. Brasseur, J. Calvert, M. Chahine, R. Dickerson, D. Entekhabi, E. Foufoula-Georgiou, H. Gupta, V. Gupta, W. Krajewski, E. Philip Krider, W. K.M. Lau, J. … Continue reading

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The Significance of the E-Mail Interchange with Kevin Trenberth and Josh Willis

On Friday of last week, and Monday and Tuesday of this week, I presented the following posts: Further Feedback From Kevin Trenberth And Feedback From Josh Willis On The UCAR Press Release Comments On Two Papers By Kevin Trenberth On The … Continue reading

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